The Town of Murphy received a funding award from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ), Division of Water Infrastructure, through the State Revolving Fund (SRF) Helene Program in the amount of approximately $5 million for implementation of the Wastewater Resiliency Improvements Project.
The Town intends to proceed with engineering procurement immediately and desires to begin project design as soon as practicable following consultant selection and contract execution.
PROJECT SCOPE
The project consists of the following:
• Installation of permanent backup power generators at nine of the Town’s lift stations that
currently do not have permanent auxiliary power, thus mitigating the potential effects of future
outages due to flooding.
• SCADA improvements at all lift stations, providing critical resiliency for operations by
ensuring operators can properly operate and manage the system remotely during flooding events that
prevent immediate physical access to the lift stations.
• Rehabilitation and fortification of Lift Station #1, which will include ensuring all critical
electrical components are elevated to at least 2-feet above the floodplain.
• Replacement and fortification with new materials and restrained joints of approximately 2,300 LF
of force main from Lift Station #1 to WWTP, which was damaged during Helene. Replacement of this
critical force main will ensure it has increased resiliency against the effects of future flood
events such as Helene.
• Rehabilitation and fortification with watertight lids of at least 30 manholes located in the
100-year floodplain of the Valley and Hiwassee Rivers, reducing the collection system’s
susceptibility to flooding events.